A picture for the book The Souls of Black Folk

The Souls of Black Folk

The Souls of Black Folk, Essays and Sketches (1903) is a cornerstone of African American Literature. Through a series of essays, some of which appeared in The Atlantic Magazine, W.E.B. Du Bois describes what it is like to be African American at that time.

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